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(Canavalia ensiformis De C. ‘* Kachang Parang.” Cultivated.) 
CC. lineata De C. A creeping bean with pink flowers sweet- 
scented, beans eatable. Sea shores, common, Changi, 
Blakang Mati. 
C. obtusifolia De C. A climber on bushes, flowers pink. Beans 
said to be poisonous. Sea shores, Toas, Changi. 
Mucuna gigantea De C. Climber, Howers greenish white. Not 
common, Blakang Mati. 
MM. biplicuta Teysm. Flowers purple. Chan Chu Kang. 
(Erythrina stricta and /.  lithosperma Mig. ave planted here and 
there, but not wild.) 
Spatholobus ferrugiveus Benth, * Akar Sejangat.” A big liana, 
one of the best of the water vines, climbing to the tops 
of the highest trees, flowers deep purplish small. Com- 
mon, Tanglin, Chan Chu Kang, etc. 
S. Maingayi Prain. Flowers rosy. Woods, Bukit Timah, 
Garden jungle. 
S. Ridleyi Prain. * Big climber, flowers white. Gardens, Chan 
Chu Kan 
Indigofera hirsuta L. Sea shore, Teluk Kurau. 
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Sesbania paludosa Roxb. Rare, Marsh near Kranji. 
(S. grandifova Pers. ‘Tree with large white or pink Howers. 
Cultivated for its flowers, and for the leaves eaten as a 
vegetable. ) 
(Lephrosia candida De U. given for Singapore in the “ Materials,” 
is only a garden plant.) 
T. Hookeriana W. & A, Waste ground, Bidadari, probably an 
escape. 
 Millettia erianthu Beuth. A lotty climber with coppery red 
flowers with a greenish yellow centre to the standard, 
outside covered with golden fur. Not very common, 
Bukit Mandai, Garden jungle. 
